Towns & Cities: Menefee, 1947, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483


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From: May 29, 1947 Winn Parish Enterprise

Menefee Post Office Has Been Authorized

Applications For Postmastership Are Now Being Received

Establishment of a new post office at Menefee, site of the new Tremont Mill
near Gorhamtown, three miles east of Winnfield, has been authorized by the
post office department, P. Hugh Mercer, Winnfield Postmaster, said this week. 
A notice has been posted at the post office in Winnfield stating that the
Postmaster General has directed application of Postmaster at Menefee, Winn
Parish, LA.

Menefee is now both the post office and railway station name of the community
known as Gorhamtown or East Winnfield.  When operations at the new Tremont
Lumber Company mill begin, the present population of 500 persons will be
increased to almost 2,000, it is estimated.  Mr. Mercer said that postal
inspectors first considered making the Menefee office a branch of the
Winnfield post office, but after investigation decided to establish a separate
post office at Menefee.